How To Install nikto on CentOS 8
nikto is Web server scanner
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nikto on CentOS 8.
What is nikto
Nikto is a web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 3300 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, versions on over 625 servers, and version specific problems on over 230 servers. Scan items and plugins are frequently updated and can be automatically updated (if desired).
We can use yum or dnf to install nikto on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nikto.
Install nikto on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install nikto using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nikto
Install nikto on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install nikto using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nikto
How To Uninstall nikto on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the nikto package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nikto
nikto Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/nikto
/etc/nikto/config
/usr/bin/nikto
/usr/bin/nikto-replay
/usr/share/doc/nikto
/usr/share/doc/nikto/CHANGES.txt
/usr/share/doc/nikto/manual.xml
/usr/share/doc/nikto/nikto.dtd
/usr/share/doc/nikto/nikto_manual.html
/usr/share/licenses/nikto
/usr/share/licenses/nikto/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/licenses/nikto/database-license.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/nikto.1.gz
/usr/share/nikto
/usr/share/nikto/databases
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_404_strings
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_content_search
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_dictionary
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_drupal
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_embedded
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_favicon
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_headers
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_httpoptions
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_multiple_index
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_outdated
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_parked_strings
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_realms
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_server_msgs
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_subdomains
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_tests
/usr/share/nikto/databases/db_variables
/usr/share/nikto/plugins
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_apache_expect_xss.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_apacheusers.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_auth.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_cgi.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_clientaccesspolicy.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_content_search.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_cookies.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_core.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_dictionary_attack.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_drupal.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_embedded.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_favicon.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_fileops.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_headers.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_httpoptions.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_ms10_070.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_msgs.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_multiple_index.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_negotiate.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_outdated.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_parked.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_paths.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_put_del_test.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_report_csv.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_report_html.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_report_nbe.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_report_sqlg.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_report_text.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_report_xml.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_robots.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_shellshock.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_siebel.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_sitefiles.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_ssl.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_subdomain.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/plugins/nikto_tests.plugin
/usr/share/nikto/templates
/usr/share/nikto/templates/htm_close.tmpl
/usr/share/nikto/templates/htm_end.tmpl
/usr/share/nikto/templates/htm_host_head.tmpl
/usr/share/nikto/templates/htm_host_im.tmpl
/usr/share/nikto/templates/htm_host_item.tmpl
/usr/share/nikto/templates/htm_start.tmpl
/usr/share/nikto/templates/htm_stop.tmpl
/usr/share/nikto/templates/htm_summary.tmpl
/usr/share/nikto/templates/xml_close.tmpl
/usr/share/nikto/templates/xml_end.tmpl
/usr/share/nikto/templates/xml_host_head.tmpl
/usr/share/nikto/templates/xml_host_im.tmpl
/usr/share/nikto/templates/xml_host_item.tmpl
/usr/share/nikto/templates/xml_start.tmpl
/usr/share/nikto/templates/xml_summary.tmpl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nikto on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.